Now what's wrong with the term shoot-'em-up? Not short enough for the texting generation?

I hate internet lingo...

http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LukeMcMillan/20130206/186184/The_Origin_of_The_Shmup_Genre_A_Historical_Study.php

"While contentious, it is widely believed that the first published instance of the word ‘Shmup’ was in Commodore 64 magazine, Zzap!64 Issue 3, July 1985. The word was initially mentioned in the editorial section written by Chris Anderson (1985)

Some things which you may think are slurred comments, but are in fact quite deliberate are a few strange new words scattered round the mag, like 'Shmup', 'aardvark' and 'wimp out'. You'll find a full explanation for all these on the last page of the mag, so don't panic. (p.5)"

Thanks amok, that's interesting. Personally, I haven't encountered that version of the term until quite recently and I'm in my thirties.

I have just seen the term for more or less as long as I can remember (and I am in the age when you remember more of your childhood than your present... Nurse, what are those blue pills again?)

Wouldn't you like to know?

I still consider shoot-'em-up the correct term though (and so does the Oxford English Dictionary).

Don't do it! you'll be stuck in the matrix!

Perhaps it's merely Smurf Viagra. In other words...

nope. definitely matrix pills.

<span class="bold">The Humble Flash Bundle: Yesteryear</span>

PWYW
Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble (DRM-Free/Steam, Windows/Mac)

$1
Gold Rush! Classic (Steam, Windows)
The Ship (Steam, Windows)

$6
1954 Alcatraz (DRM-Free/Steam, Windows/Mac*)
1849 (DRM-Free/Steam, Windows/Mac)

*Steam version of 1954 Alcatraz doesn't support Mac.

By the way. This one will be up for 3 days instead of one.

I wonder if this will only be the case for that one, or for Flash bundles in general.

1954 Alcatraz is regional priced here on GoG, so HB is a good alternative in this case, just like it still is with all the Linux ports that are still missing here.

Cool, DRM-free version of Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble. I've heard good things about that game and always wanted to give it a try.

Debating on the $6 tier but leaning towards a lower amount since 1894 doesn't look great and reviews for Alcatraz are lukewarm; glad Humble gives us more time to consider... it might depend on how their Tuesday offering goes.